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Councilor asks planning commission to consider moratorium on battery energy storage; fellow members debate process
Summary
Councilor Hogan asked the council to refer a proposed moratorium on battery energy storage special permits to the Planning Commission to allow fire, codes and planning staff to develop procedures; other councilors opposed a blanket moratorium and recommended handling applications procedurally or memorializing the disagreement in a resolution.
Councilor Hogan asked the Common Council to request that the Planning Commission consider a moratorium on applications for battery energy storage systems, arguing the city needs time to develop standardized procedures after discussions with the fire and codes departments. Hogan said a moratorium would allow time for staff to establish a consistent procedural path to approve or deny projects.
Several councilors pushed…
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